Western Railroad Discussion > Pasco Grain Yard

With most of the export elevators at capacity and in the middle of a grain rush, BNSF has had to  stage 8 grainers in the aptly named Grain Yard as of Tuesday evening. 

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Every thing I see it is going to be a bumper crop this year and a good export year as other countries are not having good years

Dale Smith

Posted from iPhone

Nice sunset shot! Lots of grainers these days.

Larry

whats going on with all the cranes next door

 

It's Lampson's yard.  There are some really big cranes there.  The google car even drove down E Crane St.

The cranes belong to the Neil F. Lampson Co.  Their main shops are located next to the BNSF grain yard.  Company headquarters are across the river in Kennewick.  Lampson has one of the largest crane rental fleets in the world.  They also design and build some of the worlds largest cranes/transporters.  The Transi-Lift cranes they build can lift and move loads up to 4000 tons--very large and impressive pieces of equipment.
Mike

Seems to be an odd place for the largest crane rental business. How do these cranes get around the country?  Does the railroad ever ship any?   Or are these cranes only rented locally?

Lampson Crane has many locations nationwide as well as overseas. http://www.lampsoncrane.com/

This location rents cranes regionally but also is the fabrication facility for some of the largest cranes in the world to be sent worldwide.
This crane pictures was built specifically for Hitachi to support building future nuclear power facilities in Japan, until the events occurred in 2011 and the program suspended.
The Transi-Lift LTL-3000 is 400 feet tall and a little more than 200 feet wide; it can lift around 3000 tons of material.

Most equipment for overseas is trucked or barged down the river to the export ports. Some materials are brought in by rail.

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